Buddha: the 5 W's
5 W's Homework
Who: The original Buddha is called Gautama Buddha and his name was Siddhartha Gautama. He was a spiritual teacher from ancient India.
What: He is a major figure of the Buddhist religion, he is also its founder. He achieved "enlightenment" which is, in essence, the meaning of life, or the opening of the inner eye. Buddha journeyed for years to find this and "enlightenment" is what the religion of Buddhism is based off of.
When: Lived in ancient India between 563 BC and 483 BC. Or from the age 29 (when he started his journey) to 35 (when he achieved enlightenment). After, until the age of 80, he traveled around India preaching his doctrines to a diverse amount of people. During this time he established the first Buddhist Monastery.
Where: Throughout the Buddha's life, including his journey to enlightenment, he traveled around India and southern Nepal. Everywhere he went he would be with his loyal partners. While he was traveling he would stay in small villages eating food that was given to him through charity.
Why: He was born royal and had everything he ever might have wanted, but because he wanted to find the reason of suffering he shed his inheritances and went on a journey. He traveled with others who would eventually become to first Buddhist monks. They would travel with almost nothing, no shoes for thousands of miles throughout India. They survived off charity from people in small villages. One day Buddha was sitting under a tree eating a small amount of rice pudding that was given to him by a small girl out of sympathy. Then and there he swore to himself that he would’t leave the tree until he found enlightenment. Months later not leaving the tree he found “Bodhi” or the meaning of life. Even after this he traveled with his partners and taught his religion to almost everyone who would listen. At the age of 80 he died.
~Hersh
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